RIP Louie Anderson Stand Up Legend
 

Louie Anderson, beloved stand-up comedian, actor, and game show host died Friday at the age of 68.

The comedian’s death was confirmed by Anderson’s publicist, noting the cause of death as complications from cancer; earlier this week, it was revealed that Anderson was being treated in a Las Vegas hospital for Diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

“Born in St Paul Minnesota, the threeha-time Emmy Award winner was one of the country’s most recognized and adored comics,” his rep added. “His career spanned more than 40 years. He was a bestselling author, star of his own standup specials and sitcoms.”

Anderson notably overcame what he described a tough childhood in Minnesota, the 10th of 11 children in a poor household with a loving mother but an “abusive alcoholic father.” “We had to decide whether we would shut off the gas or the lights, because we could only pay one of them,” Anderson told Conan in 2019. “We always shut off the lights because my mom had a thousand candles.”



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RIP to a great comedian :(

You made it, big guy. RIP!

thanx for the laughs :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup could you imagine him and john candy in a comedy? wow!

Wow - never thought of that but I would hope the director would just let them go loose and have fun with it. Likely it would be about 2 guys challenging each other to loose weight to win tickets to fly to a exotic singles island but you needed to be a certain size to get a seat on the plane LOL.

i was thinking in the movie back to school or uncle buck

GFY never stooped as low as to call someone a lettuce washer only a burger flipper. :1orglaugh

Someone on GFY once said they bought a mcdonalds franchise and made more than most people in adult and i think it got zero replies since it went against the "burger flipper" narrative that people use to make themselves feel better, it was hilarious!!!! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

he will be missed. funny guy and he seemed like a nice man

RIP the legend!!